Display stand



Aprill 2, 1929. BERKE; 11,7@7,895

DI SPLAY S TAND Filed Nov. 1, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 2, 1929..

RAYMOND O. BER/KB, 013 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO.

DISPLAY STAND.

Application filed November This invention relates to display racks or vending units.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character constructed so as to display a large number of articles simultaneously, and to so hold them that they will be visible individually.

Another object is to provide a novel and unique suspending means which, when ap plied to the supporting structure will be securely attached thereto and held against surre'ptitious removal. V

In carrying out these objects, the invention is susceptible of a wide range of modification without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention; there being shown in the drawings for illustrative purposes a preferred and practical form, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display rack constructed in accordance with this invention, part-s being broken out;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail-side elevation of a portion of the display rack constituting this invention with an article to be displayed shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a transverse horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2 with part-s broken out for convenience in illustration, and;

F ig. at is a detail perspective View showing two of the hooks used in connection with the rack.

In the embodiment illustrated the display rack constituting this invention is shown in the form of a standard 1 made in the form of an iron rod or post mounted on a suitable base 2 andhaving at its upper end a shield 3 adapted to contain advertising matter.

Extending throughout the length of the standard 1 from top to bottom thereof are a plurality of chains 4, three of which are here shown, the ends thereof being secured to the standard under the head 3*} of the shield and the base 2 so that they cannot be removed after they have once been placed in position.

The standard 1 may be of any desired height, being preferably about six feet tall and has mounted thereon a plurality of series of article suspension means in the form of hooks three being shown arranged in each series. and which are mounted on the'chains 4c and secured in position by standard rod encircling collars 5, each being preferably made of a piece of heavy wire twisted around the chains and the standard after it has been 1, 1927. Serial No. 230,319.

passed through the hooks in a manner presently to be described.

The hooks 10, which constitute the article suspending and display means, each is coinposed as shown, of two heavy Wires 11 and 20 bent and intertwined in a manner to be described, to form the article supporting devices. The wire 11 is bent to form a depending loop 14 at the upper end of which one portion of the wire is extended laterally and curved downwardly to form an article supporting arm 12, the free end of which is curved as shown at 13 and adapted to engage with a hook 22 carried by a laterally extending arm 21 of the wire 20. The wire 20 is bent to form a dependinginvertedheart shaped member 23 one end of said wire at the apex of the heart-shaped member being bent laterally outward to form the arm 21 while the other end is bent laterally inward to form an arm 2st having a hook 25 at its free end. The free end of the wire located at the upper end of the loop 1 1 is soldered to the apex of the heart-shaped member 23 and the wires forming this member where they intersect are also solderedat this point.

The heart-shaped members of the three hooks 10, when applied, encircle the standard 1 being spaced therefrom and where they con.- tact with each other are secured together by soldering, or otherwise, as shown. at 27 in Fig. 4.

In the use of this device, the hooks, when constructed as above described in groups of three, are slipped over the upper end of the standard 1 and after the shield 3 has been placed thereon the hook bills 25 of the hooks ,10 are engaged each with a link of the chains 4: in the same horizontal plane. After they have been so engaged the wire collar 5 is threaded through said hook bills 25 and the ends thereof twisted to bring the collar into close engagement with the standard and the chains thereby locking the hooks in operative position. The ends 13 and 22 of the respective sup} )orting hooks are inter-engaged as shown clearly in Figs. 2, 3 and 1 and the arm 12 is designed to support articles to be displayed.

The articles shown mounted on this rack for display are in the form of transparent paper bags 30 extended longitudinally around which are tapes or strips 31, the free ends of which meet beyond the upper end of the bag 30 which end is rolled downwardly as shown at 32 and these ends overlap each other or lie face to face and are aperturcd as shown at 33 for the passage therethrough of the arms 12 on which the bags are designed to be strung.

It is of course, understood that the arms 12 may be of any desired or suitable length to support a desired number of packages or articles to be displayed and the arrangement of the depending heart-shaped members 23 of the respective hooks provides an outstanding skirt-like memberwhich operates to hold the bags in outswung position away from the rod 1 where they may be readily inspected and the contents of the individual bags disclosed.

It is, of course, understood that these display standsmay be located at any suitable or desired points and according to their size may be set on the counter, or stand on the floor, and when a prospective purchaser selects the articles desired to be bought, he pulls or jerks the bag containing the selected articles, from the hook and does not have to disengage hook or bother the clerk.

VVith outfurther description it is thought that the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention or its scope as claimed.

I claim 1. An article supporting device comprising a hook for engagement with a support, and having a laterally extending article supporting arm, and an inverted heart-shaped member depending from said arm at its junction with said. support engaging hook, said member being designed to hold the articles mounted on the arms away from the support.

2. An articlesuspending device for a display rack comprising two heavy wires, one bent to form a depending loop with one end of the wire extended laterally at the upper portion of the loop and curved downwardly to form an article supporting arm, the other wire being bent to form a depending inverted heartshaped member extending through said loop, one end of said heartshaped wire at the apex of the heart being bent laterally outward to cooperate with the curved arm supporting articles carried thereby, the other end of the heart-shaped" wire being bent laterally inward in a direction opposite to the first mentioned end to form an arm having its terminal bent to "form an engaging hook.

3. An article'suspcnd'ing and display device for a display standard composed of two heavy wires bent and intertwined to form a laterally extending article supporting arm and a support engaging arm extending in diametrically opposite direction with a spacing device depending from said arms at the.

junction thereof and adapted to engage a supportto hold the articles on the arms away therefrom.

Signed at Albuquerque, in the county or Bernalillo and State of New Mexico this th day of October, A. D. 1927.

RAYMOND O. BERKE. 

